This list of 2025 in paleoentomology records new fossilinsecttaxa that are to be described during the year, as well as documents significant paleoentomology discoveries and events which occurred during that year.
A member of the family Ptinidae belonging to the subfamily Dryophilinae. The type species is B. burmitica. Published online in 2025, but the issue date is listed as December 2024.
Coleopteran research
Click beetle larvae belonging to the subfamily Pityobiinae and likely to the tribe Tibionemini are identified in the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kachin amber from Myanmar by Kundrata et al. (2025).[3]
An antlion. Moved from Blittersdorffia pulcherrima Martins-Neto & Vulcano (1997); senior synonym of Diegopteryx raptoria Martins-Neto & Rodrigues (2010).
An aphid belonging to the family Oviparosiphidae. The type species is K. inventum.
Psocodea
Psocodean research
Cai et al. (2025) report the discovery of the oldest louse eggs known to date, found on feathers of a bird belonging to the group Enantiornithes preserved in the Cretaceous Kachin amber from Myanmar.[9]
^Molino-Olmedo, F. (2025). "Description of a New Ptinidae Latreille, 1802 (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar". Paleontological Journal. 58 (11): 1226–1231. doi:10.1134/S0031030124601099.
^Makarkin, V. N.; Perkovsky, E. E.; Nielsen, C. (2025). "A new genus of Drepanicinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the earliest Eocene Fur Formation, Denmark". Zootaxa. 5570 (3): 583–590. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5570.3.9.
^Bueno, G. M.; Machado, R. J. P.; Martins, C. C.; Ribeiro, G. C. (2025). "Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Blittersdorffia and Diegopteryx (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation with the description of three new species". Cretaceous Research. 106081. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106081.
